British King Charles III has officially handed over the role of Commander-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps to the great son Prince William, BNR reported.
The King became Commander-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps 32 years ago, but in view of his ongoing cancer treatment, he has curtailed his duties. "It's a great decision, William is really a very good pilot," Charles III commented during the event at a barracks in Hampshire. The king expressed his "tremendous admiration" from the Army Air Corps' work in Iraq and Afghanistan. He expressed hope that the corps would go from strength to strength in the future with the Prince of Wales as its new commander-in-chief. Prince William served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force with special training in search and rescue operations.
Incidentally, the Army Air Corps is his younger brother Harry's old unit, where he served as an Apache helicopter commander and gunner co-pilot during his second tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2012. Some media have commented that the decision to pass the role to William, which was actually made last year, is likely to be poorly received by Harry.
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